Salt-crusted prime rib roast wheeled to the table on a silver cart and carved to order, served with creamed spinach, Yorkshire pudding and a spun-tableside salad. The SF mid-century steakhouse rite.

House of Prime Rib opened on Van Ness Avenue in 1949 and has served only prime rib continuously since. The salt-crusted dry-roast method, the silver carving carts, the wedge salad spun at the table, the popovers, all are the same as the 1949 menu. Where most American steakhouses moved to a la carte cuts, House of Prime Rib stayed single-dish; it is the city's defining steakhouse experience and the one SF dining tradition no other city replicates.

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House of Prime Rib ★ 4.4

$$$American ChophouseLower Pac Heights

House of Prime Rib in San Francisco is the Van Ness chophouse since 1949, with one menu (prime rib), four cuts, and a 70-day waitlist by the late 2020s.

OrderThe English cut prime rib carved tableside, with horseradish cream.

TipBar seats turn over fastest and serve the full menu; book those rather than the dining room.

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